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Worksheets5th Grade Unit 3- Agency and Advocacy (US History- Antebellum)
Total questions: 114
Worksheet time: 4hrs 33mins
The right of a state's citizens to decide the issue of slavery in their state
Secession
Popular Sovereignty
Abolition
Suffrage
The act of formally withdrawing from the union
Textiles
Missouri Compromise
Popular sovereignty
Secession
The right to vote
Suffrage
Popular Sovereignty
Missouri Compromise
Annex
Attempting to make something better (prisons, schools, etc)
Textiles
Reform
Suffrage
Manifest Destiny
The belief that slavery should be made illegal (abolish)
Sectionalism
Reform
Abolition
Suffrage
The term for differences that arose between different regions of the country (North vs. South)
Reform
Sectionalism
Textiles
Suffrage
Which states entry into the Union created the crisis leading to the Compromise of 1850?
Missouri
California
Kansas
Arkansas
Why was cotton referred to as "King" by the 1830s in America?
The growing of cotton had arisen from a command by King William IV of England
Cotton was a multi-purpose product that boosted the supply of food, clothing, and building materials
Cotton production represented the United States' number one commodity for domestic use and export
High levels of cotton was grown in every section of the U.S., North, South, and West
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present day states.
Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
The Dred Scott case determined that slaves
could sue for their freedom with enough proof.
would be freed if they lived in the Northern states.
were property and could not bring a case before the court.
could travel freely with their master's permission.
Who proposed the Missouri Compromise, Compromise Tariff of 1832, and Compromise of 1850?
John C. Calhoun
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Which law required everyone to help catch runaway slaves and was part of the Compromise of 1850?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott Decision?
Slaves are U.S. citizens and not property
Dred Scott was granted his freedom
Slavery was prohibited in all new territories
Congress had no power to prohibit slavery
Who was from Massachusetts, was nicknamed "Old Man Eloquent", opposed slavery, and was a former president?
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
Which 1820 law divided free and slave territories at the 36*30'N and maintained a balance of free and slave states?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
Which law annexed California as a free state, allowed popular sovereignty in 2 territories in the Mexican Cession, and banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C.?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
Which law allowed popular sovereignty in 2 territories above the Missouri Compromise line?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
What term is NOT related to the economy of the North?
Textiles
New Orleans
Trade
Tariffs
What term is not related to the economy of the South
New Orleans
Cotton
Slavery
Urbanization
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Tubman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Susan B Anthony
Which state was "bleeding" because of conflict over slavery?
Kansas
California
Missouri
Nebraska
Which territory did NOT use popular sovereignty to determine if slavery would be legal?
Missouri
Kansas
Utah
New Mexico
Why is the 3/5 Compromise significant?
It was a compromise that included the Fugitive Slave Act
It established the 36'30 line to define where slavery would and would not be permitted (as the U.S. government moved westward)
It is the part of the Constitution that defined how the U.S. would count enslaved people as part of the population of each state for the purposes of representation and taxation
It ensured that Missouri would enter the U.S. as a state where slavery was permitted, while Maine would enter as a free state
What was the purpose of both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
They were meant to peacefully resolve disputes over slavery in US territories
They were passed by the General Assembly to settle the issue of whether or not GA should secede from the Union
They were adopted to proclaim that states had the right to "nullify" laws believed were unconstitutional
They formally established the Confederate States of America
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed_____________ to enter the union as a slave state.
MISSOURI
MAINE
Both states
None of these two states
Which area of the United States was open to be settled during the mid 1800's?
The North
The South
The West
All of them
Had to carry freedom papers with them to prove they were free
elite
lower class
free African Americans
enslaved African Americans
Agreement that made Missouri a slave state, Maine a free state and outlawed slavery above the 36'30 line.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
3/5 Compromise
The Great Compromise
A system of help Slaves escape to freedom
Hidden Highway
Underground Railroad
Freedom Path
Northern express
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mary Todd Lincoln
Julia Dent Grant
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Stephen Douglas
Tried to start a Slave Rebellion
Stonewall Jackson
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
Frederick Douglass
Both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 settled conflicts between the North and the South over-
the admission of new states into the Union
presidential election results
immigration to the United States
the role of the Supreme Court in declaring acts unconstitutional
Which issue did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all concern?
The extension of slavery in the western territories.
The placement of tariffs on foreign imports.
The need for internal improvements in transportation.
The distribution of frontier lands to small farm owners.
The climate and topography of the Southeastern United States had a major impact on the history of the United States before 1860 because the region-
developed as the largest domestic source of steel production
became the center of commerce and manufacturing
was the area in which most immigrants chose to settle
grew agricultural products that encouraged the continuation of slavery
Based on the excerpt, which conclusion can be drawn about Chief Justice Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case?
Scott was a citizen of the United States.
By living in Missouri, Scott was no longer a slave.
Scott was considered as property that could not be taken from its owner.
The Missouri Compromise allowed Scott to bring a case to the Supreme Court.
This enslaved person’s journey from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean on a slave-trading ship.
Middle Passage
Triangular trade
Slave trade
Journey
What continents did the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade include?
North America, South America, and Brazil
North America, South America, Europe, and Africa
North America, Europe, and Africa
South America, Asia, and Europe
Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriett Tubman were all prominent ___________________.
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Abolitionists
Expansionists
Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate?
Slavery was banned west of the Mississippi River
unorganized territories would be governed by the United States and Great Britain
the balance between free and slave states was maintained
the 36 30 line formed a new boundary between the United States and Canada
The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by
exposing the dangers of cotton manufacturing
intensifying the Northern dislike of slavery
pressuring the president to support emancipation
convincing Congress to ban the importation of slaves
Which reform movement is most closely associated with William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Abolitionist
Labor
Populist
Progressive
What was one result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?
Sectional tension increased.
The slave trade was abolished.
Northern states were more willing to compromise.
Southern states immediately seceded from the Union.
This line was the division to decide future free states and future slave states.
36, 30
24, 20
16, 10
360, 180
Which of the following individuals was a former slave who published a newspaper titled “The North Star” which spoke about the evils of slavery?
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
Who is known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad?"
(a)
Abolitionists worked to (more than one answer)
give women the right to vote.
grow as much cotton as possible.
make slavery popular in every state.
put an end to slavery.
What is something that Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman have in common? (more than one answer)
They disagreed with slavery
They felt women should have rights, for example, the right to vote
They felt slavery was okay
They agreed that women should NOT have a voice or vote
She was born as a slave in Maryland; escaped from slavery; made 19 journeys to the South to help others escape; and never lost a slave during her journeys. She is ________________________
Frederick Douglas
Henry Brown
Harriet Tubman
How did the Underground Railroad help slaves to escape to freedom?
A train took slaves north to Canada
Slaves were able to hide in box cars and head out west
Conductors on trains led slaves to free land
It was a series of paths, safe houses, and secret hiding places that helped the slaves escape.
How did Frederick Douglass help the suffragist movement?
**suffrage-women's right to vote
He encouraged women to form conventions
He convinced Elizabeth Mott’s husband to help her.
He spoke at the Seneca Falls convention in support of the suffragists (women's rights).
He marched in the Women’s Suffrage Parade.
What term can BEST be used to describe John Brown?
prohibitionist
suffragette
abolitionist
evangalist
Which of the following abolitionists was the most radical (extreme) in their methods for ending slavery?
David Walker
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
Sojourner Truth
The southern economy was _________
based on factories and laborers who were paid fair wages.
based on agriculture and the enslaved laborers who harvested the crops.
In what state was Frederick and Harriet born in?
California
Alaska
South Carolina
Maryland
John Brown's Raid Occurred In What State?
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Am African American abolitionist and women's right activist who was an escaped slave. She is known for her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lucretia Mott
Sojourner Truth
An American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow slavery. He was known for the Bleeding Kansas Crisis of 1856 and later in 1859 he led a raid on the federal army arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Nat Turner
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
David Walker
What was Harriet Tubman's nickname?
Rocky
Moses
Granny
Cat Woman
What group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?
American Indians, because they view the plight of slaves as similar to their own
Quakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefs
British loyalists, because Great Britain had ended the slave trade
Puritans, because the New England economy did not rely on slavery
The founder of radical abolitionism was
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
David Walker
John Brown
All of the following were African American abolitionists EXCEPT
Wendell Phillips
David Walker
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Henry Brown escaped slavery
on the Underground Railroad.
through manumission, the act of an owner setting a slave free.
starting a rebellion in Raleigh, North Carolina.
being mailed to Philadelphia in a box.
Harriet Tubman is famous for the Underground Railroad and found refuge in what major city?
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Who was the former slave and prominent abolitionist that urged Abraham Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in the Union Army?
Fredrick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Dred Scott
Nat Turner
Fredrick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman all played leading roles in the abolitionist movement. What else did they have in common?
They had once been slaves themselves.
They made trips to the South to help slaves escape.
They were known for their public speaking abilities.
They wrote books to convince people to support their cause.
The right to vote
amendment
abolition
suffrage
emancipation
To speak in favor of someone or something is to_________.
discredit
advocate
debate
lie
What was the concern by Southern leaders heading into the Compromise of 1850?
Southern leaders were afraid that if California was added as a free state it would give the North too much political power.
Southern leaders were afraid of another state being added to the Union in favor of slavery.
Southern leaders thought that the compromise would add stronger fugitive slave laws in the North.
Southern leaders were worried it would lead to high tariffs on European goods coming into the United States.
_________________________ co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society and founded an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator.
Maria Stewart
Sojourner Truth
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
___________________________ gave speeches in favor of education for African American women.
Harriet Tubman
Maria Stewart
William Lloyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
Which TWO states were the first to abolish or limit slavery?
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Angelina Grimke
William Lloyd Garrison
What was the Underground Railroad?
Underground tunnels that went from slave states to Canada
Secret railroads that enslaved people used to escape north
Network of safe houses to lead enslaved people to freedom
Author of America as It Is- Pamphlets against Slavery
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
Lucretia Mott
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Tubman
?Who wrote a book that helped pass the British Slave trade Act of 1807
Olaudah Equiano
Hannah Moore
John Newton
Benjamin Franklin
In 1831, the most influential antislavery newspaper launched. What was the name of it?
Freedom Journal
The Liberator
North Star
Why did Northern mill owners, bankers, merchants and northern workers opposed abolition?
ending slavery would be a threat to their livelihood
they depended on the south for cotton
workers felt African Americans would take their job and work for low pay
John Rankin had a small house on top of a hill in the state of...
Tennessee
Ohio
New York
Georgia
John Rankin helped as many as ________ slaves find freedom.
20
2000
2
2,000,000,000
Which region was the country's manufacturing center and had more railroads, factories, and cities than the other regions?
North
West
South
Which region of the country was mostly agricultural and relied on the labor of enslaved persons to maintain its economy?
North
West
South
Who strongly opposed tariffs?
The North
The South
The West
Which region opposed building national roads?
The North
The South
The West
The great disagreement between the 3 regions of the country was over...
the system of slavery
tariffs
national roads
Many enslaved people also made it to Canada to achieve freedom.
True
False
People who helped slaves from one station to another on the Underground Railroad were called ___________.
helpers
instructors
leaders
conductors
a state that supported slavery but did not secede from the Union in the Civil War
free state
slave state
plantation
border state
a group of people who share similar ideas about government and work to change it
abolitionists
political party
slaves
fugitives
a building where weapons are kept
plantation
a calvary
armory
Underground Railroad
What legislation greatly increased the difficulties of the Underground Railroad?
The Fugitive Act
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Act of the Fugitives
What kind of work did William Still do?
He helped people gain freedom and wrote down their stories
He traveled to plantations to free enslaved people
He was a doctor who healed sick people
Consider at least 3 abolitionists we have studied:
1) What was/were their APPROACH(es) to advocacy?
2) What FORMS of advocacy did they use?
3) Describe at least three ways in which their actions impacted specific individuals, events, and or the overall movement for abolition.
4) Describe how the abolitionists you chose were similar/different in their personal background, approach to advocacy, forms of advocacy they used, or their impact.
